Amazon launches Handmade, an Etsy rival for handcrafted goods with over 80K items from 60 countries
Amazon Challenges Etsy With Strictly Handmade Marketplace — Amazon stepped into the handcrafted-goods ring on Thursday, opening an arts-and-crafts bazaar online that squarely takes aim …
With Reactions, Facebook Supercharges The Like Button With 6 Empathetic Emoji
In September, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made some waves when he hinted Facebook was working on a way to expand its famous Like button — not by adding the much-fabled “dislike” option, but by making...
Sources: Dell in talks for full or partial takeover of EMC
Dell Is in Talks to Strike Merger Deal With EMC, Sources Say — Unclear whether deal would be for part or all of EMC — Dell Inc. is in talks to strike a combination with EMC Corp., according to peo...
Dell refreshes XPS 13 and XPS 15, and debuts XPS 12 tablet hybrid
A sleek, premium line of PCs gets another member that's more laptop than tablet. — Dell launched some serious notebooks when it came out with the XPS line, and now the company continues to improve o...
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.com Now Owned by Google
Shortly after it was announced that Google would launch its new brand Alphabet on ABC.xyz, there was a run on alphabet related and .xyz domain names. Judging by a recent Whois change, it looks like G...
Apple TV & iPad Pro to hit stores early November after late October online launch
The revamped Apple TV set top box and iPad Pro will both begin showing up in Apple Retail Stores for sale during the first week of November after going on sale via Apple's website in late October, acc...
Light debuts L16 camera, with 16 separate lens modules that can create a single 52 megapixel picture, preorder now for $1299, will ship summer 2016
This camera is actually 16 cameras in one — It's not often that you see something truly different when it comes to camera design these days.
Matthew Keys found guilty of hacking under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act; US attorney's office may seek less than five year prison sentence in January
Former Reuters Journalist Matthew Keys Found Guilty of Three Counts of Hacking — On Wednesday, a jury in Sacramento, California …
Medium adds publishing API, @mentions, updated apps, improved editing options, custom domains for all, and a new logo
Taking Medium to the Next Level — Two years ago, we opened up Medium for anyone to write. It was a new, well-lit place for an old idea: letting people share their stories …
Sources claim IP address belonging to Lyft CTO Chris Lambert was used to access a security key later used in 2014 breach of Uber driver data
Exclusive: In lawsuit over hacking, Uber probes IP address assigned to Lyft exec - sources — Eight months after disclosing a major data breach …
HP introduces Envy all-in-one PC with a 34-inch curved display running Windows 10, available November 22 from $1,799.99
HP's new all-in-one PC is curved and ultra wide — HP is introducing a number of new PCs today, but easily the most impressive — on a physical level, at least …
Sources: Amazon weighs creating a live online TV service, holds preliminary talks with CBS, NBCUniversal
Amazon Said to Weigh Creating a Live Online Television Service — Amazon.com Inc. is exploring the creation of a live online TV service and has reached out to major media companies …
AWS's new services and features go after legacy customers of tech giants like IBM, Oracle, and Microsoft
Amazon Messes With Billions in Corporate Computing Dollars — LAS VEGAS — There is a famous story from the early days of Google that goes something like this …
AWS Introduces Kinesis Firehose To Move Sensor Data To Cloud
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Amazon launches Inspector, a tool that automatically finds security and compliance issues
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Andy Rubin's Playground Global incubator closes $300M funding round, will invest in hardware startups
Andy Rubin's Playground incubator has closed a $300 million funding round — Former Android chief Andy Rubin has a new incubator called Playground Global, and says the firm has now closed …
HP announces Envy Note 8, a low-end 8-inch Windows 10 tablet with a 10-inch keyboard dock for $429, available Nov. 9
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Sony Acquires SoftKinetic, Which Can Track Hands for Virtual Reality
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AMP adds constraints for faster loading webpages that restrict Javascript and ban some HTML tags including iframes; new AMP-specific elements introduced
and distributed — web David Nield / ReadWrite : Google Introduces Accelerated Mobile Pages To Keep Content On The Web Peter Kafka / Re/code : Google Unveils ‘AMP’ — Its Answer to Facebook's Instant Ar...
Facebook debuts Hashtag Voting API, custom icons, and more to improve viewer engagement for TV broadcasters
Lucas Matney / TechCrunch :
Kemoge Android malware apps are unofficial ripoffs of popular titles spread via ad campaigns, seen in over 20 countries
Michael Mimoso / Threatpost :
Street View Android app adds Google Cardboard support for photospheres
Cody Toombs / Android Police :
Facebook now lets advertisers send leads to Salesforce, Marketo, and other CRMs
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat :
Zendesk launches new machine learning and predictive analytics tool to help companies catch customer service problems before they occur
Katherine Noyes / Computerworld :
FanDuel bans employees from playing fantasy sports for money, hires ex-US Attorney General Michael Mukasey for self-audit
Kurt Wagner / Re/code :
Windows 10 Mobile coming to existing Windows Phone devices in December after shipping with new Lumia 950, Lumia 950XL, and Lumia 550
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
WhatsApp for Android now lets you back up your chat history, voice messages, photos, and videos to Google Drive
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Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed ups stake in Twitter to about $1B, making his firm the second biggest investor
Matthew Martin / Bloomberg Business :
Y Combinator starts a new nonprofit research lab, YC Research; researchers are full-time YC employees; IP to be made freely available over time
Sam Altman / Y Combinator Posthaven :
Former Twitter CEO and one-time standup comic Dick Costolo consults in writers' room for HBO's Silicon Valley a couple days a week
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Senator Nelson Tells Google To Do More To Control Content In YouTube Kids App
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Enterprise SaaS Marketplace AppDirect Raises $140M Series E Round Led By J.P. Morgan
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Google Doubles Down On AI In Europe As It Takes A Stake In DFKI Research Center In Germany
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